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J. H. ELDER.

` fcAToN. APPLICATION FILED 1ULY19.19I1. RENEWED MAILS. 1919. 1' ,$15,103. Patentedsept. 21919.

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I. H. ELDER.

\ l CARTON. APPLICATION FILED IULY I9' 19W- RENEWED MAH. 8| 191,9.

1,3415, 103. Patented Sept. J2, 1919.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT JosErH i1. ELDER, or AvERv, TEXAS, AssIeNoR 0E ONE-HALE cLAEKEsvILLE, TEXAS.

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CARTON.

Application led July 19, 1917, Serial No. 181,653.

particularly to the class of collapsible safety y wrappers for bottles or other fragile "articles. The primary object-of the invention is the provision of a wrapper of this character wherein the construction thereof permits the convenient carriage of bottles containing liquidor other fragile articles by mail or otherwise without possibility of the breakinoof the bottles or other `like containers or the loss of or damage to the contents thereof while being transported from one point `to another. 1

Another object of the inventionis the provision of a wrapper of this character wherein the construction thereof Ais novel in form so that the bottle or other like container can be conveniently wrapped and when inclosed will be protected against `breakage while in transit,thereby enabling the bottle or other merchandise to p be mailed `with safety and also the easy and convenient wrapping thereof for transportation.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a wrapper of this character wherein the bottle or other container when held therein will be prevented from slipping and also the cork or stopper thereto will be held fast within the bottle or container so as to avoid any possibility of the leakage or loss of the contents of the container thereof while in transit and at the same time the bottle and container will be protected from breakage during transit.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a wrapper of this character which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, strong, durable and inexpensive in manufacture.

`Other objects will be in part obvious and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.,` Renewed March e, 1919. seriai no. 281,551.`

cation of which will be indicated in the Fappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view o-f a wrapper constructed iiraccordance with the invention; Fig. 2 isa perspective view showing a bottle in position within the retaining Y of the-wrapper, the latter being open;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the wrapper completely closed` ready for the transportation of the bottleior other merchanise; 1

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stri p Figld isavertical longitudinal sectional view; i i i Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view.

Similar reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout the several views of the drawings. i i

. Referring to the drawings in detail, the wrapper comprises a bodyl section A, pref-` erably niadefrom a substantially rectangularv shapeblank of corrugated paste-board, which, `this instance, `is formed `with an inner ply` 10, an intermediate corrugated ply"11 and an outer ply 12 which are united togetherin the usualtwelllnown manner, althoughit is to be understood that the inner ply-10` can be eliminated or dispensed with if* desired. .1 i

`The section A at `intervals thereof is formed with spaced paralleled crease lines 13 topermitfthe convenient wrapping of the section about a bottle or other container so as to provide inner and outcrsides 14 and `15, and inner and outer ends 16 and 17 respectively, thereby affording a double housing and a half for the bottle or the container ,on the Wrapping of the section about the saine. i p

Secured to the inner face of one inner side 14 is a retaining strip 18, preferably made from corrugated paste-board similar to the material employed for the section A, the strip 18 being secured to the section A in any suitable manner, in this instance preferably by adhesive substance and is formed with crease lines 19 which permit the folding of the strip 18 longitudinally about a bottle or container, while adapted to be secured to one end of the stripis a label 20 which bears the prescription number and directions as to the taking of the contents of the bottle, or other indicia for the convenience of the user of the contents of said bottle.

` container while in transit.

This label 2O is adapted to be carried by one end of the strip 18 and is also attachable to the other end of the strip so that the latter will form a retaining yoke for the `bottle or container, the strip 18 being fastened' to the section A so that the bottle, when held within the strip, will have its bottom end spaced from one end of the wrapper, while the opposite stopper or cork in the other end of the bottle or container will be held fast therein so as to avoid any possibilityV of the leakage of the contents of the bottle or the On the outer face of one end and one side 15 and 17,re-

' the main section A, and is formed with crease lines .22 which permit the folding of the strip 21 at each end of the carton when completely rolled or incased around a bottle or other article of merchandise, in order that all absorbent of whatever nature employed may be completely and entirely retained in the most satisfactory manner, as well as giving additional strength and ,durability to the completed carton in questi-on, as well as forming a. complete and practicable absorbent compartment of suiiicient capacity to take up all liquid waste in case: of unforeseen accidental leakage, as in case ofv a cracked or faulty bottle, -or explosion of bottle of liquid contents in transit caused from the many` causes arising from trituration of travel and changes of temperature or other causes tending to produce volumes of expansive gases from various liquid medicines.- Said outer retaining strip being secured by the simple means of holding in position as for example 'by tying a cord about same elongatedly over the ends of the carton after same has been completed into box form ready to be sent out for transportation, or otherwise to suit the user.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of use of theherein described collapsible carton will be readily apparent and, therefore, a more extended explanation has been omitted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A carton comprising a sheet of material provided with parallel score lines extending transversely thereof and a strip extending transversely of the sheet and parallelwvii'h the score lines and between certain of said lines, said` strip being` scored transversely of its length and perpendicularly with reference to the score lines first named, one scction ofthe strip being of a length less than the width of the sheet and being secured to the sheet, the strip being'foldable to form an independent article container with its ends spaced from the edges of the'sheet providing a chamber above and below thc article container for the reception of absorbent material, means connecting the meeting edges of the inner article container adapted forv label purposes, and means connected with the edges of the sheet for closing said chambers and retaining the absorbent material.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

JOSEPH H. ELDER.

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